DALLAS COUNTY MUSEUM INC

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2025 · Form 990 · revenue $26K · expenses $51K · assets $499K

EIN
71-0584837
Address
PO BOX 703, FORDYCE, AR 71742-0703
NTEE code
A540
Exempt type
501(c)(3): charitable, religious, educational, scientific or literary (corporation)
Ruling date
November 1985 (when the IRS recognized its exemption)
IRS status
Exempt (unconditional) (IRS Business Master File) IRS data ↗
Tax-deductible donations
Yes: listed in IRS Publication 78 (public charity) Pub 78 ↗
Foundation status
Public charity supported by the public (170(b)(1)(a)(vi))
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Mission

EDUCATION: PRESERVE ARTIFACTS, AND OBJECTS OF HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE. ENLIGHTEN PUBLIC AS TO THE HISTORICAL AND SCIENTIFIC SIGNIFICANCE OF ITEMS

Each tax year counts once: when a return was amended, only the latest return for that period is used below (superseded returns stay listed, greyed, under Finances).

People paid by the organization

None of the 12 people listed on these returns reported compensation from the organization. They are listed below.

Officers and directors, no compensation reported

12 people listed on the returns with $0 (or no amount) in every compensation column: current people first. Hours are as filed on the latest return each person appears on.

NameLatest titleYearsHrs/wk (latest)CompensationOrganizations
Melrose Smith Bagwell CHAIRMAN & T2020-2025 Not reported $0 reported 1
Agnes Wynne Phillips DIRECTOR2020-2025 Not reported $0 reported 1
Garie Johnson DIRECTOR OF2020-2025 Not reported $0 reported 1
Sandra Parham Turner SECRETARY2020-2025 Not reported $0 reported 1
Dusty Rhodes TREASURER2020-2025 Not reported $0 reported 1
Richard Ledbetter (former) BOARD MEMBER2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Royce Sorrells (former) BOARD MEMBER2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Barbara Finley (former) BOARD MEMBER2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Benny Roark (former) BOARD MEMBER2020-2021 0 $0 reported 1
Bill Sorrells (former) VICE CHAIRMAN2020-2021 5 $0 reported 1
Jim Gray (former) PROJECT MANAGER2020-2021 15 $0 reported 1
Sara Cathey (former) TREASURER2020-2021 2 $0 reported 1

People by year

2025 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELROSE SMITH BAGWELL CHAIRMAN & T- $0$0$0 $01
AGNES WYNNE PHILLIPS DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $01
GARIE JOHNSON DIRECTOR OF- $0$0$0 $01
SANDRA PARHAM TURNER SECRETARY- $0$0$0 $01
DUSTY RHODES TREASURER- $0$0$0 $01
2024 · 5 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELROSE SMITH BAGWELL CHAIRMAN & T- $0$0$0 $01
AGNES WYNNE PHILLIPS DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $01
GARIE JOHNSON DIRECTOR OF- $0$0$0 $01
SANDRA PARHAM TURNER SECRETARY- $0$0$0 $01
DUSTY RHODES TREASURER- $0$0$0 $01
2023 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELROSE SMITH BAGWELL CHAIRMAN & T- $0$0$0 $01
AGNES WYNNE PHILLIPS DIRECTOR- $0$0$0 $01
SANDRA PARHAM TURNER TREASURER- $0$0$0 $01
2022 · 3 people listed · none paid · 0 employees · 12 volunteers
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
MELROSE SMITH BAGWELL CHAIRMAN & T20 $0$0$0 $01
AGNES WYNNE PHILLIPS DIRECTOR0 $0$0$0 $01
SANDRA PARHAM TURNER TREASURER10 $0$0$0 $01
2021 · 12 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICHARD LEDBETTER BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
ROYCE SORRELLS BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
SANDRA TURNER MEDIA MANAGER10 $0$0$0 $01
BARBARA FINLEY BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
BENNY ROARK BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
DUSTY RHODES BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
GARIE JOHNSON DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION16 $0$0$0 $01
BILL SORRELLS VICE CHAIRMAN5 $0$0$0 $01
AGNES PHILLIPS CHAIRMAN24 $0$0$0 $01
MELROSE BAGWELL SECRETARY24 $0$0$0 $01
JIM GRAY PROJECT MANAGER15 $0$0$0 $01
SARA CATHEY TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01
2020 · 12 people listed · none paid · 0 employees
NameTitleHrs/wkFrom orgFrom relatedOtherTotalOrgs
RICHARD LEDBETTER BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
ROYCE SORRELLS BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
SANDRA TURNER MEDIA MANAGER10 $0$0$0 $01
BARBARA FINLEY BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
BENNY ROARK BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
DUSTY RHODES BOARD MEMBER0 $0$0$0 $01
GARIE JOHNSON DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION16 $0$0$0 $01
BILL SORRELLS VICE CHAIRMAN5 $0$0$0 $01
AGNES PHILLIPS CHAIRMAN24 $0$0$0 $01
MELROSE BAGWELL SECRETARY24 $0$0$0 $01
JIM GRAY PROJECT MANAGER15 $0$0$0 $01
SARA CATHEY TREASURER2 $0$0$0 $01

Highest-paid independent contractors

No independent contractors reported.

Who gave

Contributor names are not public for this form type.

Public charities filing Form 990 or 990-EZ report large donors on Schedule B, but the IRS withholds their names and addresses from public copies. Private foundations (990-PF) are different: their contributors are public.

Finances

Newest first. Each filing: its name on one row, its figures on the row beneath. Greyed filings are superseded by a later return for the same period and are left out everywhere else on this page.

RevenueExpensesAssetsNet assetsContributionsProgram revenueOfficer payEmployeesVolunteers
2025 · Form 990 period ending 2025-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$25,571$50,869 $499,231$499,231 $0$21,700 -0-
2024 · Form 990 period ending 2024-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$51,045$53,221 $524,529$524,529 $45,668$0 -0-
2023 · Form 990 period ending 2023-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$38,363$59,783 $526,705$526,705 $34,348$0 -012
2022 · Form 990 period ending 2022-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$30,587$51,331 $548,125$548,125 $22,816$3,530 -012
2021 · Form 990 period ending 2021-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$20,433$24,456 $568,439$568,439 $25,227$0 $00-
2020 · Form 990 period ending 2020-12-31 · view filing · original 990 ↗
$8,429$23,446 $572,462$572,462 $16,439$0 $00-

Funders of this organization

2 grantors reported grants to this organization, $12,052 in all, tax years 2017 to 2023. Exact: the grantor wrote this organization's EIN. Fuzzy: the grantor wrote only a name (foundations' 990-PF has no EIN field), matched to the same or a near-identical name in the same state; the name as filed is shown. From the latest return for each grantor and year, so amended returns aren't counted twice. CSV

GrantorTypeMatchYears givenGrantsTotalLatest yearLatest year's amountGrants
ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor Exact 2017 3$12,000 2017$12,000
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AMAZONSMILE FOUNDATION Private foundation Fuzzy filed as “DALLAS COUNTY MUSEUM INC” 2021-2023 3$52 2023$20
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Ranked without any AI: same NTEE code first, then the same NTEE group; then revenue within 2x, 5x or 10x; then the same state; then similar name and mission text. Same state only · More (100)

OrganizationStateNTEELatest revenueLatest expensesTop-paid titleTop payWhy similar
SCOTT COUNTY MUSEUM OF HISTORYARA54 $14,603$3,671 Board of Trustees Treasurer$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, same state
ARKANSAS COUNTRY DOCTOR MUSEUMARA54 $14,192$34,763 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, same state
CLINTON HOUSE MUSEUMARA54 $31,350$52,809 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, same state
FORT SMITH STREET CAR RESTORATION ASSOCIATION INCARA54 $50,503$59,831 Board Member$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, same state
ROHWER-JEROME WWII JAPANESE AMERICAN INTERNMENT MUSEUMARA54 $34,917$22,288 President$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, same state
KAW CITY MUSEUM INCTXA54 $17,193$18,493 Treasurer$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, similar mission
ELIOT NESS MUSEUMPAA54 $25,952$26,388 PRESIDENT / CEO$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, similar mission
CORYELL COUNTY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INCTXA54 $48,231$83,775 Director$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, similar name
DAYS OF 76 MUSEUM INCSDA54 $38,508$2,519 President$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, similar mission
SWENSON MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF STEPHENS COUNTY INCTXA54 $23,890$49,217 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, similar mission
MISSION HISTORICAL MUSEUM INCTXA54 $29,620$20,508 Chairman$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, similar mission
JASPER COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUMTXA54 $50,622$54,026 President$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
COLFAX RAILROAD MUSEUM INCWIA54 $22,401$33,732 CHAIRMAN/ DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
R C BAKER MEMORIAL MUSEUM INCCAA54 $34,559$73,413 Director$1,392 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
MISSISSIPPI MARITIME MUSEUM INCMSA54 $15,928$48,723 PRESIDENT/TR$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
TETON VALLEY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INCIDA54 $32,704$12,850 TREASURER$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
MASON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INCTXA54 $15,474$12,653 President$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
CARLISLE COUNTY MUSEUMKYA54 $14,682$17,987 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, similar name
MCCLAIN MUSEUM INCFLA54 $41,967$45,862 DIRECTOR$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
FRIENDS OF MARLANDS GRAND HOME MUSEUM FOUNDATION INCOKA54 $36,361$34,715 MEMBER$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x, similar mission
OLD TIMERS MUSEUM INCCAA54 $24,157$20,210 President$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
FANNIN COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM SOCIETY INCTXA54 $17,953$31,908 SECRETARY$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
SURFING FLORIDA MUSEUM INCFLA54 $43,067$34,710 TRUSTEE$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
PLUMAS COUNTY MUSEUM ASSOCIATIONCAA54 $44,004$36,240 PRESIDENT$0 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x
CARROLL MUSEUMS INCMDA54 $13,777$21,302 Executive Director$10,000 Same NTEE code A54, revenue within 2x

Who funds organizations like this

Grantors that funded the 100 most similar organizations. Ranked by total given to them. Foundations (990-PF) and donor-advised fund sponsors only. Same matching as Funders above (by EIN, or by name for foundations).

GrantorTypeTotal givenGrantsOrganizations fundedYearsWhich ones
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF JACKSON HOLE DAF sponsor$809,4486 12019–2024 TETON VALLEY MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC
ARKANSAS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION INC funds this one DAF sponsor$613,61131 22012–2024 ARKANSAS COUNTRY DOCTOR MUSEUM; FORT SMITH STREET CAR RESTORATION ASSOCIATION INC
RAYMOND JAMES CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT FUND DAF sponsor$356,1003 22018–2023 FREESTONE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM BOARD; OMENA HISTORICAL SOCIETY
AUSTIN COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$280,92016 22011–2024 FREESTONE COUNTY HISTORICAL AND MUSEUM BOARD; MASON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
RICHARD H STROHECKER FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$275,0001 12019–2019 MOUNT JACKSON MUSEUM FOUNDATION INC
DONOR ADVISED CHARITABLE GIVING DAF sponsor$247,41010 52019–2023 STREATORLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC; HATCH MILL GROUP INC; SIGNAL AND CYBER MUSEUM SOCIETY; TUPPER LAKE HISTORY MUSEUM and 1 more
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF NORTH TEXAS DAF sponsor$77,54217 22010–2021 SWENSON MEMORIAL MUSEUM OF STEPHENS COUNTY INC; AMHERST COUNTY MUSEUM AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR GREATER ATLANTA INC DAF sponsor$71,2156 12011–2017 INSTITUTE FOR NORTHWEST GEORGIA HISTORY LTD
FRED MAYTAG FAMILY FOUNDATION Private foundation$70,0003 12020–2024 JASPER COUNTY HISTORICAL MUSEUM
AMARILLO AREA FOUNDATION INC DAF sponsor$58,8512 12012–2024 WOLF CREEK HERITAGE MUSEUM
DR NEWTON K WESLEY FOUNDATION FUND Private foundation$57,5002 12024–2025 CONTACT LENS MUSEUM
THE HARRY & JEANETTE WEINBERG FOUNDATION INC Private foundation$50,0001 12024–2024 WASHINGTON PLACE FOUNDATION
THE DALLAS FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$45,0003 12021–2023 MUSEUM OF THE STONEWALL SALOON
VANGUARD CHARITABLE ENDOWMENT PROGRAM DAF sponsor$44,0003 32020–2024 SURFING FLORIDA MUSEUM INC; R C BAKER MEMORIAL MUSEUM INC; STREATORLAND HISTORICAL SOCIETY INC
OREGON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION DAF sponsor$35,0002 12017–2019 OREGON FIRE SERVICE MUSEUM MEMORIAL & LEARNING CENTER

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Where the money went

Every expense line on each return, biggest first: Form 990 Part IX (with its program, management and fundraising columns), 990-EZ Part I, or 990-PF Part I. Event marks lines the organization itself describes as events. “Events” in each summary adds those lines, conferences and meetings, and the direct costs of fundraising events. Unusual is not the same as improper. Many of these patterns have ordinary explanations. Check the filing.

2025 · Form 990 · $50,869 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Fees: other services $21,868$21,868-- 43.0%
Depreciation and depletion $18,092-$18,092- 35.6%
Insurance $10,409$10,409-- 20.5%
Fees: accounting $500-$500- 1.0%
Total$50,869100%

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2024 · Form 990 · $53,221 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $32,019-$32,019- 60.2%
Depreciation and depletion $18,090-$18,090- 34.0%
Office expenses $2,587-$2,587- 4.9%
Fees: accounting $525-$525- 1.0%
Total$53,221100%

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2023 · Form 990 · $59,783 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $39,394-$39,394- 65.9%
Depreciation and depletion $18,085-$18,085- 30.3%
Office expenses $1,794-$1,794- 3.0%
Fees: accounting $510-$510- 0.9%
Total$59,783100%

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2022 · Form 990 · $51,331 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $23,901$9,578$14,323- 46.6%
Depreciation and depletion $17,985-$17,985- 35.0%
Other (as described)ELEVATOR $3,585$3,585-- 7.0%
Office expenses $2,753-$2,753- 5.4%
Other (as described)REPAIRS $2,407$2,407-- 4.7%
Fees: accounting $700-$700- 1.4%
Total$51,331100%

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2021 · Form 990 · $24,456 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Depreciation and depletion $8,955$4,478$4,477- 36.6%
Occupancy $7,243$3,622$3,621- 29.6%
Insurance $3,531$1,765$1,766- 14.4%
All other expenses $2,250$1,125$1,125- 9.2%
Office expenses $1,320$660$660- 5.4%
Fees: accounting $600$300$300- 2.5%
Other (as described)CASUAL LABOR $360$180$180- 1.5%
Other (as described)POSTAGE AND P O BOX $177$88$89- 0.7%
Other (as described)Safe Deposit Box Rent $20$10$10- 0.1%
Total$24,456100%

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2020 · Form 990 · $23,446 spent · pay $0 · grants $0 · events $0
LineAs describedTotalProgramManagementFundraisingShare
Occupancy $9,260$4,630$4,630- 39.5%
Depreciation and depletion $8,955$4,478$4,477- 38.2%
Insurance $3,537$1,768$1,769- 15.1%
Office expenses $1,142$571$571- 4.9%
Other (as described)CASUAL LABOR $360$180$180- 1.5%
Other (as described)POSTAGE AND P O BOX $172$86$86- 0.7%
Other (as described)Safe Deposit Box Rent $20$10$10- 0.1%
Total$23,446100%

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